LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                        February 21, 1995



 TO:     Honorable John Smithee, Chair          IN RE:  House Bill No. 770
         Committee on Insurance                         By: Smithee
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
770 (Relating to the attorney for service of process of certain
insurance companies.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would authorize the insurance commissioner to accept
service of process and to notify an insurance company if the
company does not appoint or maintain an attorney for acceptance
of process.  The Department of Insurance should be able to
implement the provisions of the bill as part of present routine
functions and without additional cost.


No fiscal implication to the State or units of local government
is anticipated.


Source:   Department of Insurance
          LBB Staff: JK, RM, RR